"Trash in the Bin, Not the Pelican"
It is very sad to say that plastic is what is in the stomach of an Albatross. It is one of the reasons why Albatross and their chicks die prematurely. Here are a few videos that are worth watching. You can then engage a conversation with your children/students to reflect on our daily consumption of plastic. John Klavitter, the deputy […]
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With the current situation and the COVID-19 obliging us to stay at home, it might be difficult to keep our children’s brains busy. To help parents, grand-parents, teachers, guardians and babysitters, we gathered a bunch a resources that you can use at home or outside to keep everyone sane and happy while giving back! Our Toolkits are Ready-To-Print-Activities Over the […]
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Due to COVID-19 and the current circumstances we are cancelling our 2020 EcoFest. It is with extreme sadness that we are cancelling the 2020 EcoFest. We want everyone in our community to remain safe and healthy. Please still enjoy the Ocean and we hope that you can celebrate Earth Day and its 50th Birthday with your family and a small […]
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We read this article today about an organization name “Ocean Sentinel” that has specially equipped a fleet of 170 albatrosses with radar instruments used to detect potential illegal fishing vessels! Over six months they monitored more than 47 million square kilometers of the Southern Ocean, looking for vessels not using an automatic identification system (AIS). In the oceans, the surveillance […]
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We are happy to be partnering once again with the San Mateo County Libraries to deepen our education program. This year, the Pacifica Library will be doing a Book To Action with A Perfect Day for an Albatross book. Have you seen this book? The Author Caren Loebel-Fried is an award winning author and artist and made all the illustration […]
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Be a Boss – Help the Albatross We welcome you to join us in celebrating the albatross. These incredible birds can be find in different parts of the World, including the Northern Pacific. Back in July-August 2019, we had invited the community to represent an endangered sea creature of their choice to become the 2020 Earth Honoree. After 2 months […]
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Pacific Beach Coalition 2019 Accomplishments High Level Numbers* and 2019 Updates: 13,672 volunteers 186,869 cigarette Butts 20,613 lbs of trash 3,118 lbs of recycle 32,996 lbs of green waste We became Pacific Beach Coalition We started our first Membership program Our Actions & Field Programs Earth Day of Action and EcoFest (find full report and pictures here): Action: 1,415 volunteers who joined Earth Day […]
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Here are little challenges you can take all the way up to December 25th. We hope you like them and feel free to share your experience on our Facebook page or leave us a comment on Instagram!
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Our 2019 Butt Blitz came to an end on the Coastal Cleanup Day weekend and we finally got all the numbers in… 91,421 cigarette butts collected all around the Peninsula. Beyond San Mateo County While we thought it was only going to be a San Mateo county initiative, YOU (=incredible Earth Heroes) took it beyond our county limits. Palo Alto, […]
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Thank You All For Caring! Thank you all for joining us for California Coastal Cleanup Day 2019. We had a beautiful day and you came from all over the Bay Area and beyond! Our Site Captains did an amazing job leading groups of over 100 volunteers at a few locations and over 200 at one site. So here are the […]
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